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As the Atlanta Hawks put together their seek for a brand new head coach within the wake of firing Nate McMillan on Wednesday, the workforce is reportedly contemplating former Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka, per Marc Stein. Udoka was the top coach of the Celtics final season and was suspended by the franchise for the whole 2022-23 season in September for a reported inappropriate relationship with a feminine employees member.
Udoka, who coached the Celtics to the NBA Finals final season, was changed in Boston by Joe Mazzulla, who not too long ago signed a contract extension with the workforce to stay the top coach.
While the Hawks are fascinated about Udoka, Atlanta’s main candidate for the job is former Utah Jazz head coach Quinn Snyder, in line with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Snyder, who was an assistant coach for the Hawks beneath Mike Budenholzer, who’s now in Milwaukee, led the Jazz to 6 consecutive playoff appearances, lacking the postseason simply twice in his eight seasons there. Other candidates the Hawks are reportedly fascinated about are Bucks assistant Charles Lee, Kings assistant Jordi Fernandez, Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson, Spurs assistant Mitch Johnson and G League South Bay’s Miles Simon, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Lee additionally served as an assistant for the Hawks beneath Budenholzer and is taken into account a “critical” candidate for the opening.
Whoever lands the Hawks job will inherit a roster suffering from expertise, that includes two All-Star guards in Trae Young and Dejounte Murray. You would assume {that a} roster that includes these two would have a report higher than 29-30, however McMillan couldn’t harness the skills of Young and Murray to create a dominant offensive assault. That would be the most important process of the following head coach because the Hawks attempt to construct a championship-contending workforce round Young.
